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30 August 2026 Young 20-something Tiffany was about to move abroad and realised that she urgently needed new matching paw pads, having badly damaged one while washing. After a day in Hospital, she left very happy, with four brand new paw pads.
Ted of Melford, who is in his late 60s or early 70s, has lived for the last 30 odd year with only one eye in his head. The other eye, however, was never lost: his owner kept it in her jewellery box all that time - until her husband threatened to report her for animal cruelty)) I was of course happy to reunite Ted with his eye, and also properly secure the other eye while his owner spent a couple of hours shopping.
Another ophthalmology operation was somewhat less straightforward. A young girl's favourite teddy (who looked remarkably like a tortoise to me) had had his eye torn out by a puppy. My job was not only to give the teddy a new eye, but also to repair his badly damaged eye socket. Even though the teddy still looked a bit glum (probably at the prospect of meeting the puppy again), I am quite sure that he was quite pleased to be able to see with both eyes again. 28 August Koala, aged about 60, had synthetic fur, and over time the fabric became so fragile that it was literally falling apart at the slightest touch, particularly on his belly and paws. I did put the paws back together, but the belly was a lost cause, so he had to have new fur. Finding exactly the same shade of grey would have been very hard - but fortunately Koala had white paw pads, so I made his new belly white too. Both the patient and his owner thought it was most fetching.
Koala is now back home, and under strict instructions to lead as quiet a life as possible. His friend the Clown arrived in an even worse state, though he was still grinning. His plastic head and limbs were fine but his soft body had completely disintegrated. I made him a new body, and also worked some magic to give him back his voice - and boy did he guffaw when he saw himself in the mirror! The Clown put back on his clothes, which I cleaned and tidied up for him, and he was ready to go out and amuse the public again.
The third patient, who declined to give his name, required no medical help. All he wanted was a new polka dot pink outfit, as his old one had clearly seen better days. I was glad to oblige, and even managed to salvage the pompom from his old fool's cap, and attached it to the new one. 24 August
Many patients come to Sasha's Teddy Bear Hospital
with an fascinating story - including the most recent one, who is in
his late 50s and is known variously as Bear or Teddy Bear.
His original owner passed away at a young
age, but his mother kept Bear for all the intervening years. The
original owner's sister then decided to have him restored as a surprise present for her mother.
19 August He reverted to his original colour as a result of a good gentle clean, after which I spent days patching and darning holes all over him. I gave him four new paw pads made of vintage-look rexine - the best choice for a distinguished bear of his age. I topped up the embroidery of his nose, and gave him a new growler. The look of gratitude on Keith's face when he was discharged was heart-warming.
My next patient, Bobby, was a lot younger, and an ardent West Ham supporter. Football related or not, he had quite a few injuries to deal with. I fixed all the holes, underlined his fur with new fabric, completely re-stuffed him, and gave him brand-new eyes. Bobby looked and felt much better, and went home happy - almost in time for the new season. 18 July I have treated one very special patient this summer - a Mickey Mouse from 1992. He is of great sentimental value to his owner, as he was a present from his late and much loved grandmother.
Mickey was quite poorly an in need of all sorts of transplants as well as sartorial repairs, but fortunately his owner managed to find a donor - another Mickey Mouse from 1992.
From this kind donor, our Mickey received
new boots, gloves and trousers, a new bow tie, and quite a quite a bit
of black skin. With this, I managed to restore Mickey's head, and
then repainted his eyes to give him 20/20 vision back.
29 June His eyes were indeed really scratched, so I just replaced them with new identical ones, and Pip was finally able to see his young owner as clearly as on the day they first met.
An earlier patient, 60-something Monkey, a visitor to Britain, spent much longer in my care. I gave her a good clean, patched her arms and legs, re-stuffed her, and touched up her eyes. Monkey was collected by her owner's son, and very much looked forward to being reunited with her owner, who had had her since she was a little girl.
24 June 56-year-old Peter had some large holes patched, many smaller ones darned, and received all new stuffing. I also cleaned him, polished both his eyes and secured back in place the one that he had kept after it fell out, and re-embroidered his nose and smile.
Mr. Puppy, aged 43, who lived with his owner since her early childhood, regained his original colour when I cleaned him. He also received new stuffing, had his holes and loose stitching mended, and some threadbare areas reinfoirced from the inside. He definitely looked much livelier when leaving hospital.
Blue Ted, at 66, was the oldest of my recent patients, and he too, his owner insisted, had to maintain his character. Even with new stuffing, cleaner fur, mended holes, and re-embroidered nose, he was very much recognisably himself when collected after treatment. |
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